Cheap & Nasty Birthday Presents - what's the worst you've seen?

jakes-mum

Alpha58 wrote: »

Just spat my coffee over the keyboard. Sorry for you jakes-mum but that is funny!

Did you see the "friend" again?

Loool, dont worry, I laugh about it now as its been 16 years :rotfl: Its certainly a conversation starter :rotfl:

I see her regularly as she works in my local petrol station, but no we are no longer friends :rotfl::rotfl:

Nenen

Thank you - this thread has made me laugh so much!

Here are a two of my own 'favourite' naff presents:

The first time we met my fil's second wife-to-be was Christmas time. Her gift to my 7 month old son was a glass jar full of bull's eye boiled sweets!

My 21st birthday present from my mother and father was a suitcase, with a far from subtle hint that I would need it to leave home soon!

BarleySugar

When my OH and I moved into a brand new house which needed the garden planted out, my mum sent my dad to the garden centre to get a nice conifer tree to give us as a house warming present. :T

But....

There were no nice conifers, so my dad got us a bag of seed potatoes!!!!!:eek:

Oh well the garden was a mess, but at least we didn't go hungry.:rotfl:

paulineb_2

I was going to be smug and say Ive never had a bad present, this wasnt a birthday present, it was a Christmas one

a 99p card. And the square root of !!!! all else and we had been together some time.

He wasnt mean, he was just an idiot who couldnt buy a present for anyone without being told exactly what it was you wanted.

Needless to say, hes an ex.

Rummer

I got a wooden shoe horn for my 18th :rotfl:

sexylulubelle

oh dear god there are so many!
Christmas presents :............ A stetson(mens) Fragrance giftset from my then( 14yrs ago) boyfriends parents, what the hell were they thinking:eek:???, I got them a lovely hamper which I put a lot of thought into, needless to say we broke up after Christmas!

2 christmases ago I got 3 rolls of lavender scented drawer liners( I'm only 31) from a client bless her..... last xmas she gave me a nice scarf atleast lol:rotfl:

a nasty rose toiletries giftset from a volunteer..........:p

I hate rose and lavender lol

Electric toothbrush with 4 attachments so I could share it with the family:eek:

Birthday presents A gawdawful pink ceramic monkey with a spring head..... boyfriend at the time said it reminded him of me:eek: Erm he soon became an ex....... the nerve!!!!! and I smashed the monkey into smithereens, made a bloody mess but boy did I feel better lol!
Pack of Teatowels, atleast they were the decent sort from debenhams :rotfl:I still have them I believe, so useful atleast... if not appropriate

This mothersday a sports direct mug from the father of my son..................:mad: not funny, such a pillick

there are more.......... I'm sure lol

paulineb_2

Particularly as you get the mug free if you buy anything from sports direct online.

Calien27

For a moment I was wondering why this ---->:rotfl: was appearing all over the place

My dad kindly reminded me earlier of a Mother's Day pressie I gave my mum, now bear in mind I was quite young a Mum roll on and deodorant spray...it said mum so in my amazing wisdom thought, hey this is a great gift for her

A few years later I saved up my pocket money and got her a mum locket to make up for it lol.

flower24

On hearing that I was a Westlife fan when I was a child, my great aunt bought me a Westlife tribute band album for Christmas :-/

Counting_Pennies_2

It was not really a present, but I remember it sticking massively in my mind.

Each time we passed under a motorway bridge I always wondered what was housed in the windows above it. I often asked my parents if we could drive off the slip road and have a look.

So my parents did one thing better. They arranged my birthday party there as a surprise.

So there I as with all my friends in a greasy spoon motorway caf!.

It was awful. My parents were so chuffed with themselves.